I don't have a MacBook, but one thing that comes to mind reading the discussions about this is the complaint of the function keys going away, and whether there'

I don't have a MacBook, but one thing that comes to mind reading the discussions about this is the complaint of the function keys going away, and whether there's a way to improve the default experience anyway. I use a 60% keyboard, so if I want to hit f1 or f2, I'm hitting an FN key + one of the numbers. I've used this keyboard for years and I really like it. Can you do this in software on Mac OS? Add a bunch of FN+key actions so that you could use the keyboard more like a 60%? Then the touchbar would be more like configurable macro keys and less like a daring replacement of core functionality. I will say it probably wouldn't work as well on a laptop keyboard. I can hit my FN key on my Pok3r with the side of my hand because of there being a drop in space below the keyboard, which you don't get on a laptop because the body continues and there's an area for a trackpad. Same story for hitting things like the ctrl key.